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Six-year-old girl thanks staff
Press release - 21 June 2010
A six-year-old girl from Sevenoaks thanked the Maidstone
ambulance clinicians who came to her rescue recently.
Ronni Chase made a special trip to Maidstone ambulance station
on Sunday, 20 June, to thank paramedic, Kevin Chilvers, and
technician, Simon Matthews.
Kevin and Simon were called out to Ronni after she fell from a
trampoline at her home on Sunday, 23 May.
Ronni was carrying out a summersault on the trampoline when she
went through the opening in the safety netting and landed head
first on the ground.
Her mum, Nicky Osborne said: “It was terrifying; I was in the
garden talking to my mum, who lives next door, when Ronni went
flying through the netting. I went running to her but my mum
shouted to me not to move her and she called for an ambulance.”
When Kevin and Simon arrived Ronni’s head was being supported by
her grandmother, Wendy.
Kevin said: “They did exactly the right thing by not moving
her. Her injuries could have been considerably
worse.
“Due to the fact that she was complaining of neck pain and had a
head injury, we called for the assistance of the air
ambulance.”
While they waited for the air ambulance to arrived, Kevin and
Simon reassure Ronni and her family.
Nicky said: “They were fantastic keeping the situation calm.
Simon was singing Hannah Montana songs with Ronni until the air
ambulance arrived.”
Once the air ambulance arrived, the onboard doctor was able to
treat the neck and head injuries on scene. This meant that Ronni
did not need to go to hospital and was referred to her GP.
The incident meant that a trip to Alton Towers, which was
planned for the following day, had to be postponed.
The family finally enjoyed a trip to the amusement park on
Saturday, 19 June.
